Brave as a falcon and as merciless
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
1840 to 1922
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Untamed, unmated, high above the press.
My foolish heart to think thou lovest me. See,
I saw thee pass in thy lone majesty,
The secret of thy proud aérial way,
And thou shalt sail back heavenwards. Woe is me!
I hold thee, and awhile thou deignest to be
Pleased with my jesses. I would fain beguile
—Lo, thou art captured. In my hand to-day
Or read in thy mute face the soul which lay
Brave as a falcon and as merciless,
A prisoner there in chains of tenderness.
The dull crowd gazed at thee. It could not guess
With bright eyes watching still the world, thy prey,
I dare not love thee quite. A little while
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